How to make an outdoor swing from an old tire and delight the kids
Children love swings, but quality swings are not cheap. How to please the kids without spending too much? It’s very simple: just find an old car tire in the garage or take it from the nearest service station!
Will need
- Old tire;
- chipboard (MDF) panel from old furniture;
- thin foam rubber and dense fabric;
- climbing rope;
- PVC pipes;
- screws or self-tapping screws;
- aerosol paint.
The process of making a swing from tires for children
We clean the tire from dust and dirt using water and a brush, and wipe it with a dry cloth. Based on the diameter of the bead, we select an element made of chipboard (MDF) from old furniture that would cover the seat of the tire. We remove metal and plastic parts from the chipboard. On the shield we draw the circumference of the tire mounting hole.
We cut a circle from the shield with a jigsaw and make sure that it covers the tire bead along its entire circumference.
Using a circle of chipboard as a template, we cut out a circle with a slightly larger diameter from thin foam rubber.
We lay a circle of chipboard on a foam rubber cutout, bend the ends and secure with a stapler.
Place a circle of chipboard covered with foam rubber on thick fabric and cut out a larger circle.
We also bend the edges of the fabric and secure them with a stapler.
We paint the tire all around using an aerosol can.
After the paint has dried, we attach a circle covered with foam rubber and fabric to the side of the tire with screws around the circumference.
We drill 4 holes in the sidewalls of the tire, and when mentally connecting them, we get a square. Their diameter is determined by the cross-section of the climbing rope from which we will make the swing suspension.
We divide a PVC pipe of smaller diameter into 4 equal parts, 2 of which are cut in half. From the same tube we make 3 longer pieces. We cut 2 blanks of the same length from a PVC pipe of larger diameter. We thoroughly clean and smooth the ends of all segments.
In large diameter and two smaller long pieces, we make through holes along the edges, equal to or slightly larger than the diameter of the rope.
We pass ropes through the tubes and holes in a certain sequence, which, having previously melted them with fire, we pass through the perforations in the tire.
Taking into account the height of the swing suspension, we cut off the required length of the ropes. We perform exactly the same operations with the rope for the second suspension.
We tie the ends of the ropes at the bottom of the tire with a volumetric knot and tighten them securely so that they do not jump out of the perforations in the tire.
We take the swing outside and tie each side of the suspension to a strong and reliable crossbar. They are completely ready to work to the delight of the children.
